A list, created for tax purposes, of clothes and blankets given to 147 enslaved persons at Point and Friendfield Plantation. Makes notations on specific jobs of enslaved persons and those who are dead.
A bill of sale for twenty-five enslaved persons sold from Thomas Simons, executor of John Ball's estate, to Ann Ball. The names of the enslaved persons are listed as: Benjamin, Jenny, Sue, Binah, Billy, Beck, Peter, Sam, Tilly, Hagar, Die, Stephen, Amey, Sambo, Martha, Molly, John, Venus, Tyra, Solomon, John, Sukey, Hester, Hannah, and Amey.
A letter from Keating Simons to his daughter Ann Ball at Comingtee Plantation discussing the arrival of General Lafayette in Charleston, how the crowds were "completely united" in honoring General Lafayette, how Keating Simons and General Pinckney used two private carriages to attend the procession, Colonel Drayton delivering an address to General Lafayette at St. Andrews Hall, a business meeting, eggs, and turkeys sold by Mary Franklin and a memorandum on bonds.
A letter from Keating Simons to his son-in-law John Ball at Comingtee Plantation discussing John Ball's "detention" in Charleston, a meeting with Judge Waties, and business with the parish and vestry.
Charlotte Manigault writes to Lewis Gibbes about the death of her sister, his wife. She praises the virtues of her sister as a wife, mother, and sister. Charlotte explains Gibbes's brother's family is well and that his brother has recovered from gout. Mr. Manigault sends his sympathies and Charlotte Manigault sends her affection to her nephews, niece, and brother-in-law.
